A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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A State Car, made for an Indian Sovereign.
[n.d., c.1778].
Engraving, plate 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8").
The finished design for a coach for the Nabob (also known as Naboob and Nawab) Provincial Governor of Arcot, made in Covent Garden, London. Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah (1717 –1795) was the Nawab of Arcot in India and an ally of the British East India Company.
[Ref: 57062] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1778].
Engraving, plate 120 x 200mm (4¾ x 8").
The finished design for a coach for the Nabob (also known as Naboob and Nawab) Provincial Governor of Arcot, made in Covent Garden, London. Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah (1717 –1795) was the Nawab of Arcot in India and an ally of the British East India Company.
[Ref: 57062] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Doctor Syntax Going to Richmond in the Steam Boat.
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Mount burn.
The cleric is sprayed in the face by a fellow passenger opening a bottle. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
[Ref: 56868] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn & etched by Isaac Robert Cruikshank?.]
[London, J Johnston, 1820.]
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 145 x 235mm (5¾ x 9¼''). Mount burn.
The cleric is sprayed in the face by a fellow passenger opening a bottle. From 'The tour of Doctor Syntax through London, or the pleasures and miseries of the metropolis', an imitation of the original work by William Combe. Both Thomas Rowlandson (artist of the original work) and Cruikshank have been credited with the illustrations; the BM thinks it is more likely Cruikshank.
[Ref: 56868] £60.00 (£72.00 incl.VAT)
Hancock’s Steam Carriage.
[n.d., 1838.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 130 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"). Creased.
Frontispiece to Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments .. Steam-Carriages on Common Roads. The steam omnibus ‘Era’, built by Walter Hancock (1799-1852) of Stratford to operate between Paddington, Regent’s Park and the City of London. The fare was sixpence per passenger; she was capable of carrying 14 passengers. Hancock operated steam road carriages from 1829 to 1840 (most famously 'Enterprise'), when heavy road tolls imposed by the Turnpike Acts made the business unprofitable. He continued to build engines for railways.
[Ref: 56876] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., 1838.]
Steel engraving. Sheet 130 x 195mm (5¼ x 7¾"). Creased.
Frontispiece to Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments .. Steam-Carriages on Common Roads. The steam omnibus ‘Era’, built by Walter Hancock (1799-1852) of Stratford to operate between Paddington, Regent’s Park and the City of London. The fare was sixpence per passenger; she was capable of carrying 14 passengers. Hancock operated steam road carriages from 1829 to 1840 (most famously 'Enterprise'), when heavy road tolls imposed by the Turnpike Acts made the business unprofitable. He continued to build engines for railways.
[Ref: 56876] £120.00 (£144.00 incl.VAT)
The Chavolant; or Kite Carriage.
Engraved by Percy Roberts.
London. Published by Sherwood & Co. 1827.
Aquatint. 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to plate mark.
George Pocock (1774-1843) was an English schoolteacher and inventor of the 'Charvolant', a kite-drawn carriage. In 1826, he patented the design of his 'Charvolant' buggy, which used two kites on a single line to provide enough power to draw along a buggy carrying several passengers at considerable speed. This scene depicts five figures in the buggy, travelling along a road in the centre. The two well dressed figures at the back wave to onlookers on both sides.
The Aeropleustic Art, or Navigation in the Air, by the Use of Kites, or Buoyant Sails.
[Ref: 56975] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
Engraved by Percy Roberts.
London. Published by Sherwood & Co. 1827.
Aquatint. 220 x 135mm (8¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed to plate mark.
George Pocock (1774-1843) was an English schoolteacher and inventor of the 'Charvolant', a kite-drawn carriage. In 1826, he patented the design of his 'Charvolant' buggy, which used two kites on a single line to provide enough power to draw along a buggy carrying several passengers at considerable speed. This scene depicts five figures in the buggy, travelling along a road in the centre. The two well dressed figures at the back wave to onlookers on both sides.
The Aeropleustic Art, or Navigation in the Air, by the Use of Kites, or Buoyant Sails.
[Ref: 56975] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
John Joseph Merlin, The Celebrated Mechanic.
C.P.H. del.t et Sculp. [after Thomas Gainsborough]
[Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum, or, Magazine of Remarkable characters 1803].
Rare engraving with stipple, sheet 105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate. Title removed and glued to the print.
Oval portrait of John Joseph Merlin (born Jean-Joseph Merlin, 1735 –1803) after the one by Gainsborough with a mechanical chariot designed by him. Merlin was a Belgian Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker and inventor. Notable items he manufactured include; the Silver Swan, Cox's timepiece and inline skates.
[Ref: 57060] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
C.P.H. del.t et Sculp. [after Thomas Gainsborough]
[Kirby's Wonderful and Eccentric Museum, or, Magazine of Remarkable characters 1803].
Rare engraving with stipple, sheet 105 x 170mm (4¼ x 6¾"). Trimmed within plate. Title removed and glued to the print.
Oval portrait of John Joseph Merlin (born Jean-Joseph Merlin, 1735 –1803) after the one by Gainsborough with a mechanical chariot designed by him. Merlin was a Belgian Freemason, clock-maker, musical-instrument maker and inventor. Notable items he manufactured include; the Silver Swan, Cox's timepiece and inline skates.
[Ref: 57060] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Voitures Russes dessinées par Swebach. Russian Carriages drawn by Swebach. No. 33.
[Drawn by Edouard Swebach.]
London published by Ch. Tilt 86, Fleet Street. Paris Publié par Jeanin, rue to Croissant No 20. Bew-York published by Bailly Ward & Co.
Lithograph. Sheet 415 x 280mm (16¼ x 11"). Slight toning of paper. Small margins.
21 vignettes of Russian coaches, carriages and sleighs.
[Ref: 56959] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[Drawn by Edouard Swebach.]
London published by Ch. Tilt 86, Fleet Street. Paris Publié par Jeanin, rue to Croissant No 20. Bew-York published by Bailly Ward & Co.
Lithograph. Sheet 415 x 280mm (16¼ x 11"). Slight toning of paper. Small margins.
21 vignettes of Russian coaches, carriages and sleighs.
[Ref: 56959] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[San Franciso] Hallidie's patent Cable Tramway System, Worked without Horses or Locomotives.](jpegs/57099.jpg)
[San Franciso] Hallidie's patent Cable Tramway System, Worked without Horses or Locomotives.
[n.d., c.1883.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 285 x 420mm (11¼ x 16½"). Some creasing. Bit dusty.
A view of the trams on the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, the world's first practical cable car system, promoted by Andrew Smith Hallidie (1836-1900).
Wellcome: 36611i.
[Ref: 57099] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1883.]
Wood engraving. Sheet 285 x 420mm (11¼ x 16½"). Some creasing. Bit dusty.
A view of the trams on the Clay Street Hill Railroad in San Francisco, the world's first practical cable car system, promoted by Andrew Smith Hallidie (1836-1900).
Wellcome: 36611i.
[Ref: 57099] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
![[Japanese script: trams in Tokyo]](jpegs/56699.jpg)
[Japanese script: trams in Tokyo]
[n.d., c.1903.]
Extremely rare chromolithograph. Sheet 400 x 545mm (15¾ x 21¾"). Multiple tears with loss in title in centre. Damaged.
Probably a newspaper illustration covering the electricification of the Tokyo Horse-drawn Railway in 1903, becoming the Tokyo Electric Railway (Toden)
[Ref: 56699] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1903.]
Extremely rare chromolithograph. Sheet 400 x 545mm (15¾ x 21¾"). Multiple tears with loss in title in centre. Damaged.
Probably a newspaper illustration covering the electricification of the Tokyo Horse-drawn Railway in 1903, becoming the Tokyo Electric Railway (Toden)
[Ref: 56699] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)